Lung cancer patients whose tumor has spread to the brain could be spared radiotherapy

Monday, September 5, 2016 - 11:21 in Health & Medicine

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer which has spread to the brain could be spared whole brain radiotherapy as it makes little or no difference to how long they survive and their quality of life, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial published today (Sunday) in The Lancet*. Around 45,500 people are diagnosed with […]

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